August 15, 2007

Sadly, some people just don’t get it and resort to less then honorable means to get some. The spiked drug detector hopes to even the playing field between the predator and his/her prey.

Why is spiking?

Spiking a drink in the traditional sense involves adding a little liquor to an non-alcoholic drink but in the modern sense, spiking refers to adding a date rape drug such as GHB (Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid) to a drink in order to instantly have your way with a person. Date rape drugs have no smell nor color with little taste.

How would the detector work?

Simply put, the detector would compare the electrical signal produced by different drugs within a drink and give a “present or absent” for the drug in question. Although still in the patent stage, this does hold promise for other applications in the medical and environmental field.

Buzzvia
http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/device_to_detect_spike_drinkin.php

Buzzedvia
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/invention/2007/08/spiked-drink-detector.html

I guess some things in the bedroom are an acquired taste but this is just plain scary! Why any guy would allow a person to put this on them is beyond me.

Dream Lover 2000 to the rescue?

If you have a problem in your relationship, shocking your partner isn’t at the top of my list of things to improve the situation. If your partner is that bad that you need to do the equivalent of putting their finger in the socket so they listen to you, time to find a new partner. It offers a number of intensity levels but again, the only intensity level that is of any value is 0
The Bottom Line

Of all the sexual devices I have seen, this has got to be among the worst!

Buzzvia
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/training-%28your%29-tool/dream-lover-2000-keeps-that-dawg-on-a-shocking-leash-289228.php

Imagine just being able to breath normally for your medical treatments instead of popping pills or stabbing yourself, the NSI Pulmonary Drug Delivery Device promises just that.

Lungs for drug delivery?

Although the lungs have been used for years to deliver steroids to asthmatics during an asthma attack, they are second to none for drug delivery. The blood stream is an effective method used for centuries but it always carried the risk of secondary complications as the main defense (our skin) was breached for nasty critters to cause havoc each time a needle was used. Just about every system within our body has a direct connection to the lungs, from hemoglobin bringing oxygen to each one of our bodies cells to the disposal of cellular waste gases. Although using the bodies digestive system to deliver medication will be with us for a very long time to come, it isn’t an efficient delivery system and has it’s own host of complications. When you think about it, the lungs offer far more potential for non-evasive drug therapy then the current status quo. If you smoke, you are living proof as to the popularity and widespread ease of use that drug treatments using lungs has to offer.

What Next Safety is offering

Using asthmatics for instance, current respiratory technology requires people to deeply inhale for adequate drug delivery but Next Safety’s Pulmonary Drug Delivery System is different. It uses aerosolized drugs and purified air to deliver the drugs deep into the pulmonary system regardless of lung capacity, put another way, it allows you to simply breath normally for drug administration. The advantages of this are great for people suffering from a number of ailments or requiring medications such as antibiotics, anti-emetics, bronchodilators and narcotics.

The Bottom Line

Anything that helps simplify drug delivery is a very positive step towards improved patient recovery.

Buzzvia
http://www.nextsafety.com/pure_air/pulmonary_delivery.html

Paraphrasing what Maya Angelou said during an appearance on the Opera Winfrey show “my breasts seem to be in a race to reach my knees”. It’s no secret, age, gravity and motherhood all take their toll on womans breasts. Well, a company in Israel has had enough and developed a solution that requires relatively minimal surgical intervention.

Replacement for cosmetic breast surgery?

Up until now, breasts where augmented or reduced for optimal perkiness using laborious surgical techniques that involved risks (as all surgeries do) that didn’t always give the desired results once the healing process was complete. The recuperation is painful and only temporary as the race for the knees continues.

What is MIM (Minimally Invasive Mastopexy)

Israel researchers have developed a much simpler technique which essentially holds the breast tissue in a silicon bra cup using the patients own internal architecture as a support. As such, the name of the new technique is MIM or Minimally Invasive Mastopexy and promises better results in a fraction of the recovery time over a far longer extended period of time. Put another way, MIM is essentially an internal bra that feels and acts the same as a normal breast.

Alternatives to ANY surgery

As the breast tissue is mostly composed of fat, there is little that can be done to form them naturally but strong pectoral muscles will go a long way along with a healthy diet if you are out of shape. Although still in the experimental stage, I would expect this to become a standard procedure in a very short period of time.The Bottom Line

All surgeries carry risks, the less a technique requires, the safer it normally is.

Buzzvia
http://crunchgear.com/2007/08/14/technology-marches-forth-better-breasts-on-the-horizon/

Buzzedvia
http://israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El1738&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Health&